Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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76. To ask the Taoiseach when the vacancies on the National Economic and Social Council will be filled. [44165/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I appoint members to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) in accordance with the provisions of the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006. The legislation provides for nominations from five sectors - business and employer, ICTU, farming and agricultural, community and voluntary, and environmental. I also appoint up to 6 public servants and 8 independent members.

All appointments to the Council with the exception of a small number of independent members have been made. Arrangements to fill the remaining vacancies are being put in place, and will follow the process set out in the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.

The members of the Council are:

Business and Employer

Maeve McElwee, IBEC

Tom Parlon, CIF

Ian Talbot, Chambers Ireland

ICTU

Patricia King, ICTU

Tom Geraghty, PSEU

Shay Cody, IMPACT

Farming and Agricultural*

Damien McDonald, IFA

John Enright, ICMSA

TJ Flanagan, ICOS

Community and Voluntary

Sean Healy, Social Justice Ireland

Brid O’Brien, INOU

James Doorley, NYCI

Environmental

Kate Ruddock, Friends of the Earth

Oonagh Duggan, Birdwatch Ireland

Michael Ewing, Irish Environmental Network

Public Servants

Martin Fraser, Secretary General, D/Taoiseach (Chair)

Elizabeth Canavan, Assistant Secretary General, D/Taoiseach (Deputy Chair)

Derek Moran, Secretary General, D/Finance

Robert Watt, Secretary General, D/Public Expenditure and Reform

Orlaigh Quinn, Secretary General, D/Business, Enterprise and Innovation

John McCarthy, Secretary General, D/Housing, Planning and Local Government

Independent Experts

Edgar Morgenroth, ESRI

Michelle Norris, UCD

Philip Hamell, Department of the Taoiseach.

*nominations were received this month and the appointment process is underway.